Firefox Focus

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Firefox Focus
Developer(s)Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Corporation
Initial releaseDecember 7, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-07)[1]
Stable release
106.1.0 / October 11, 2022; 18 months ago (2022-10-11)[2]
Repository
Engine
TypeMobile browser, Ad-Blocker
LicenseMPL 2.0
Websitewww.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/focus/ Edit this on Wikidata

Firefox focus is a open source web browser for iOS and android.[4][5][6][7] First it was a tracker blocker for iOS devices released in 2015 but it later became a small web browser but it can still be tracker blocker only on iOS.[8][9] In 2017, first release for android was released and it was downloaded 1 million times in 1st month of release.[10] The browser also came with 27 languages that are supported as of january 2017.[11] Since 2018 the blackberry key 2 had firefox focus installed as a part of app called locker.[12][13]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Focus by Firefox - Content Blocking tor the Open Web - Mozilla". Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. "Firefox Focus: The privacy browser - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  3. "Firefox Focus with GeckoView – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog". Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  4. Mozilla. "Firefox Focus Browser". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. Ellis, Cat (June 20, 2017). "Firefox Focus private browser arrives on Android". TechRadar. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  6. Fingas, Jon (November 17, 2016). "Firefox Focus brings easy private browsing to your iPhone". Engadget. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  7. Hern, Alex (November 18, 2016). "Firefox Focus: new app offers very private browsing". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  8. Vilches, Jose (November 18, 2016). "Firefox Focus for iOS makes private browsing quick and easy". TechSpot. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. Nguyen, Nick (November 17, 2016). "Introducing Firefox Focus – A Free, Fast Private Browser for iPhone". Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  10. Berger, Daniel (July 21, 2017). "Firefox Klar Eine Million Downloads". heise online (in German). Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  11. Nguyen, Nick (January 25, 2017). "Firefox Focus Now Available in 27 Languages". Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  12. "New Features in Firefox Focus for iOS, Android – now also on the BlackBerry Key2". Mozilla Foundation. July 12, 2018. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  13. Carrasqueira, João (July 12, 2018). "Firefox Focus gets new Features on Android and iOS and comes to the latest Blackberry". Neowin. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved 2018-07-18.